THE BRIEFING FROM THE COUNTY COMMISSION. 72 YEARS AND COUNTING. A LOCAL COUPLE MARRIED SINCE 1942 CELEBRATES THEIR ANNIVERSARY WHILE REMINISCING ON WHAT KEPT THEM TOGETHER SO LONG. THEY KEEP SURPRISING EACH OTHER AFTER ALL THESE YEARS. DORIS BARRETT FIRST LAID EYES ON FRANCIS IN JUNIOR HIGH. WHEN I SAW HIM COMING IN THE ROOM, I SAID, UH-UH AND I'M STILL SAYING IT. THAT WAS BACK IN THE 1920s, NOW COUPLE IS CELEBRATING 72 YEARS OF MARRIAGE AND SHARING THE SWEET STORY BEHIND THIS CAN FROM THEIR WEDDING DAY. I I GUESS 60 MILES WHEN WE WENT ON A HONEYMOON AND IT WAS THE ONLY CAN LEFT ON THERE. FRANCIS KEPT IT ON TOP OF A WATER HEATER FOR DECADE, DORIS HAD NO IDEA UNLE THE HE RECENTLY SURPRISED HER. I THOUGHT, I NEVER KNEW HE WAS THAT ROMANTIC. THEY LIVE IN ORANGE CITY AND CALL OAK VIEW ASSISTED LIVING HOME. WE ENJOYED BEING TOGETHER, SOMETIMES. THEY NEVER HAD ANY CHILDREN, DORIS WAS A KINDERGARTEN TEACHER FOR 38 YEARS. I HAD THEM ALL DAY, BUT THEY WENT HOME IN THE AFTERNOON. FRANCIS, 98, AND DORIS 97 SAY THEY'VE ALWAYS ENJOYED THE SAME THINGS, TRAVELING THE WORLD, GOING TO RESTAURANTS. THEIR ADVICE TO NEWLY WEDS IS SIMPLE. DO THINGS TOGETHER, MAKE DECISIONS TOGETHER.